Word: andretti
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Granatelli is the well-known owner of the world's largest and most-publicized racing team-a crew that won this year'sIndy 500 with Mario Andretti in the lead...
After showing "The Racer's Edge." a film about the "continuing love story of the auto in America," Granatelli commented on why he had kissed Andretti after his victory...
...cash to racers who pasted STP decals conspicuously on their cars. Motorists now buy 2,000,000 cans a week, usually paying more than a dollar a can. Buyers hope to get what STP publicists call the "Racer's Edge," something that is supposed to have helped Mario Andretti roar to the winner's circle on May 30 at Indianapolis. Sales last year rose almost 50%, to $44 million, and profits reached $6 million. For every dollar of sales, the company spends 450 on promotion; that is 180 more than it spends on the can and its contents...
Born. To Mario Andretti, 29, the diminutive auto-racing ace, record-breaking (156.867-m.p.h. average) winner of this year's Indianapolis 500, and Dee Ann Andretti, 27, his wife of seven years; their third child, first daughter; in Bethlehem...
...their time, and wait for misfortune to hit the Mark IVs. The gamble almost paid off. One Mark IV went off the course, got stuck in sand and never got out; another lost its rear hood, had to pit for repairs and dropped far behind. Then there was Mario Andretti. Running second in the No. 3 Mark IV, Andretti barreled into a turn at 150 m.p.h., only to lose control of the car when his right front brake grabbed. The Mark IV caromed off one wall, then another, bounced back and finally spun to a stop in mid-track - directly...